re that patricia taxxon post, hasnt she legitimately done a lot of shitty things tho? like actual crimes involving pedophilia and minors and shit? like Im not one to usually jump on the cancel train cause I think that shits stupid, and especially when its against a trans woman cause I know what terfs are like on this hellsite, but there still comes a point where theres enough actual hard evidence to be like yeah nah this is actually a shitty person who needs to be held accountable, if not for their own well being then for the well being of others. I dont agree with anyone who tries to harass others but isnt it a good thing that someone who is a legitimate danger to people is being deplatformed?
Again, literally begging anyone confused to look at anything on the subject not posted by people leading transmisogynistic hate campaigns.
What "hard evidence" are we talking about? Where is it coming from? It is actual harm committed or is it evidence of others stalking her, deliberate misunderstandings and taken-out-of-context online-screenshots?
What does "being held accountable" mean to you? Does it mean sexual harassment, threats of violence, vile transmisogyny, stalking, suicide-baiting and victim blaming? Because that's what's going on and if you think that's okay in any context, you don't care about harm caused at all.
And being held accountable for something should not mean "being exiled from the internet", like-What the fuck. Maybe if we were talking about someone spreading fascist propaganda who refuses to stop harassing people, getting banned from saying things like that would make sense! But both the reaction and the situation here are totally different!
Tell me how she's a legitimate danger. She talks about nerd shit, transmisogyny and her own life and art on her own fucking blog. Who is she harming doing that? Who the fuck was being hurt by that? She barely even reblogged to add on to other people's posts! Who was she hurting?
She makes videos on youtube about art, TV and music! Who is that hurting? She makes music, who is that hurting? She talks with her friends on a private twitter/bluesky account, who is that hurting? Who is being saved by driving her out of one the only spaces she can more safely connect with others and express herself?
Genuinely, what the fuck are we talking about? If you know what TERFs are like on this website, you should know this is literally one of their favorite tactics.
You shouldn't just be looking into the "hard proof" from every angle, you should be considering "is how people are reacting appropriate/influenced by bigotry", "is this a private situation or actually a public situation", "who is spreading this 'proof'", "who was actually hurt here", etc.
It's just not enough to recognize "sometimes TERFs make things up about trans women". You need to recognize their tactics, you need to realize they're not always going be open about being TERFs, you need to recognize trans women can fuck up and still not deserve the backlash they're getting and more.
We all need to do better and shut this shit down when we see it.
